Throwing so much of local government up in the air in a planned reorganisation and then using that as an excuse to delay and cancel elections is a bad idea. A governing party that is languishing in fourth place in some of the polls looks as if it is scared of having to run for re election.The public is not so persuaded of the need for larger units and elected Mayors as the government is , and certainly not if we are denied the right to vote any time soon.
Nor is the public keen on the idea of stripping out the option of trial by jury for so many cases.The courts are not running slow for lack of jurors but for lack of court time and for lack of judges. It looks like another attack on our ancient liberties.
This was not set out in their Manifesto, and is serving to increase their unpopularity. No wonder there are at last signs of labour MP revolts over the poor direction of the government.